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Glen Ridge No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000609
MRDS ID A011216
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Ridge No. 1 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Skookona Prospect
Related records 10185916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.764, 63.56901 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ONE MILE EAST OF GLACIER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLE SCHEELITE REPORTED; NO DATA ON AU OR PB CONTENT; LITTLE APPARENT MINERALIZATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Birch Creek
    Rock description Birch Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.764, 63.56901
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W TO N 40 W
    Dip 65 S
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PART OF MINERALIZED HYDRAULIC FRACTURE SYSTEM IN KANTISHNA AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer C.A. Trundy

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADGGS RI 83-12, P.22

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SYSTEM 4 TO 30 FT THICK PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY OF ALTERED BIRCH CREEK ROCKS; 700 TO 1000 FT EXPOSED STRIKE LENGTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1984 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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